Men in Seventeenth-Century Costumes [recto]

c. 1850s

Emanuel Gottlieb Leutze

Associated Names
Emanuel Gottlieb Leutze

Artist, American, born Germany, 1816 - 1868

The image is a sketch depicting a group of seated individuals in profile. The drawing shows the figures' full bodies with varying levels of detail in their clothing and facial features. The individuals are wearing period-appropriate attire such as tall hats, loose-fitting garments with collars and capes. They have different facial features including beards and hairstyles of different lengths and styles. The setting lacks a detailed background, with a focus solely on the individuals. There is minimal shading and no color in the sketch.

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Artwork overview

Associated Artworks

Figures and Deer [verso]

Emanuel Gottlieb Leutze

1845

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Rear Admiral Eugene Henry Cozzens Leutze (son of the artist), New York; Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1917; acquired 2015 by the National Gallery of Art

Associated Names

Bibliography

1975

  • Groseclose, Barbara S. Emanuel Leutze, 1816-1868: Freedom is the Only King. Washington, DC: National Collection of Fine Arts, 1975, p. 127, no. 264.

1983

  • Simmons, Linda Crocker and with the assistance of Adrianne J. Humphrey, et al. American Drawings, Watercolors, Pastels, and Collages in the Collection of the Corcoran Gallery of Art. Washington, DC: Corcoran Gallery of Art, 1983: p. 35, no. 250.

Watermarks

left center vertically: H STEINBACH

Wikidata ID

Q64559359

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